Job in Bayview/Hunters Point

[john3232]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

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It's no different than people saying, you shouldn't even stop in Oakland because it's too dangerous. It's quite silly and makes me think half the people on this forum are from Small Town, North Dakota.

But the OP isn't talking about stopping there. They are talking about going to work every day.

One of the posters here mentions you should avoid carrying a briefcase or laptop and you'll be o.k. riding the Muni.

Great. Ride public transportation and hope the neighborhood thugs leave you alone. (Reminds me of a guy I knew from Detroit who always carried a twenty dollar bill to hand over the case he got robbed.)

Anyway, if the OP drives to work they should be fine.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by john3232

But the OP isn't talking about stopping there. They are talking about going to work every day.

One of the posters here mentions you should avoid carrying a briefcase or laptop and you'll be o.k. riding the Muni.

Great. Ride public transportation and hope the neighborhood thugs leave you alone. (Reminds me of a guy I knew from Detroit who always carried a twenty dollar bill to hand over the case he got robbed.)

Anyway, if the OP drives to work they should be fine.

So you base your opinion on another member's with no actual experience there? That's smart lol.

I've been told many times that nowhere in Oakland is safe. Should I now tell people, if you go anywhere in Oakland, there is a 50/50 chance you'll come back in a body bag?

I do think using public transportation would be a hassle because it is a bit isolated. I also wouldn't recommend walking the streets late at night with a briefcase. I give you that.

[john3232]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

So you base your opinion on another member's with no actual experience there? That's smart lol.

Learn to read.

The poster I referred to lives in the area

Originally Posted by BelieveIt

hey. i live there
I'd choose Bayview HP over Vis Valley / Tenderloin ANY DAY

working there isn't that bad if his/her job has a secured, private parking lot. (the city buildings do this in HP.)
and work ends before 7pm.
just avoid public transportation if you have to carry a briefcase/laptop bag.

[dragontales]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

So you base your opinion on another member's with no actual experience there? That's smart lol.

I've been told many times that nowhere in Oakland is safe. Should I now tell people, if you go anywhere in Oakland, there is a 50/50 chance you'll come back in a body bag?

I do think using public transportation would be a hassle because it is a bit isolated. I also wouldn't recommend walking the streets late at night with a briefcase. I give you that.

I wouldn't walk in that area late at night with or without a briefcase.

[SFcatgirl]

Originally Posted by john3232

Working there is bad enough but to live in that area?

Forget it.

Working there isn't that bad but I wouldn't move there. It's a pretty funky part of town. Luckily MUNI goes there. Just get a place in another part of the city and take MUNI to work.

[SFcatgirl]

Don't move there. Seriously.

[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by JesseHammlin

So wrong! Just one block up the hill from Evans is the most notorious neighborhood in SF, the public housing projects called Hunter's Point and all the gangsters that patrol their turf, armed.

I know where the projects are. It's a lot more than one block away (Jennings and W Point).

[Senno]

Originally Posted by jhonwalsh

In the daytime, its safe at that area because the secret police station is located at Hunter's Point. Thus, you have a constant flow of undercover and marked cop cars driving on Evans St. At nighttime however, that area becomes a dangerous jungle.

Well, the secret seems to be out, don't it...